Precautions

First of all.. I apologize if this subject is already been discussed or somewhere to find on the site and feel free to point it out..

Anyway my issue is/was the following

I purchased 2010 (got free upgrade to 2011 which is very nice)

Now sometimes I tend to reinstall my windows setup to have a fresh begin again

I did this recently, so when I installed NIS 2011 and then typed in my key it said I was not allowed any more installations, that I reached the maximum allowed

Now I have to admit I contacted the online chat customer service and the technician was very helpful also fixed the problem, very satisfied customer here

But now Im worried this could happen again so is there a way to avoid it, I don't know like reclaim the installation, precautionary remove NIS before I reinstall Windows?